The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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